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DIED. KAROL KENNEDY KUCHER, 72, half of the figure-skating duo known as the Kennedy Kids, who became the first American pair to win a world championship when they captured the gold in London in 1950; of pneumonia; in Seattle. The dominant American pair skaters in the years after World War II, Karol and her elder brother Peter won five consecutive U.S. championships, from 1948 to 1952, and a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics...
...capacity, he persuaded President George Washington to commission Jones to lead a delegation to Algiers, empowering him to give an ultimatum to the ruler. The package containing the commission and the instructions arrived in Paris only days after Jones had died there, in July 1792, from jaundice, nephritis and pneumonia. But Jefferson was still not discouraged...
John V. Kelleher, a vivid storyteller whose work defined the field of Irish studies in America, died Jan. 1 of pneumonia...
...still might need a flu shot if you're traveling abroad this summer. And that's just one of a growing battery of shots that older travelers need to think about these days. With the emergence of SARS and prevalence of other infectious diseases like pneumonia and typhoid fever, it pays to chat with your doctor about immunization before you board your next flight. "We're looking at vaccines in a whole new way, to be able to help travelers as much as we can in whatever destination they are going to," says Dr. Bradley Connor, president of the International...
...upshot is that doctors and researchers are figuring out better ways to protect travelers. For instance, over the past two years, outbreaks of pneumonia in less developed parts of the world have made it essential for travelers 50 and older to be vaccinated against the disease. (In the past, the vaccination had been largely recommended only for those over 65, says Connor.) They should also be immunized against hepatitis A and B, which can now be done in a combination vaccine that is administered in three doses, rather than the five injections required if the vaccines are given separately...